Short films spotlight MLK message during Wheeling filmmakers festival

WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) — The Wheeling Martin Luther King committee held the third annual Ohio Valley Festival for Filmmakers ...
Fierce Pharma

Lilly battles weight stigma in short film centering obesity conversation on health, not appearance

GLP-1 giant Eli Lilly has once again taken to the medium of short film to deliver an important message about obesity. | GLP-1 ...
The Vindicator

Award-winning short film by South Range students carries towering message

Students from several Mahoning Valley school districts have discovered that they, too, can be respected actors with a message to impart in a top-quality film. Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge ...
Forbes

‘On The Mountain’ Is A Short Film With A Big Message

Based on the story of an English teacher from Kabul, an award-winning Pakistani filmmaker highlights the inner turmoil and heart-wrenching decisions one is forced to make in the midst of war. BySonya ...
Variety

Oscar Nominated Short Films Pack an Emotional Punch, From Ethnic Cleansing to Animal Poaching and Everything in Between

Little films are a very big deal at this year’s Academy Awards. Topics as heavy as PTSD, ethnic cleansing and the immigration system, and as light as music, kissing and children with a passion to ...
Deadline.com

‘Room Taken’ Director TJ O’Grady Peyton On Navigating A “Hopeful Message That Division Is Not The Answer” For His Disability And Unhoused Awareness Themed Oscar ...

The plight of unhoused people and the growing epidemic of elderly loneliness and disability hardship are at the center of TJ O’Grady Peyton’s Room Taken. The short film, written by Michael Whelan and ...